VI CONTENTS. 



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Spavin, curability of. 85 



remedies for 88 



saw, chisel, and rasp 89 



caustic 90 



periosteotomy 91 



counter-irritation 93 



rest 94 



blood-letting 96 



firing 1 00 



other remedies for 121 



seton 123 



blister 129 



ointments of antimony, mercury, and iodine 130 



NavICUL ARTHRITIS 131 



definition of. ibid. 



history of. ibid. 



Mr. Turner's original observations on 135 



Bridges', Moorcroft's, and Field's opinions thereon 132-4 



the late Professor Coleman's opinions 139-40 



Dr. Brauell's opinions passim 



the connexion between contraction and navicular- 



thritis 141 



is pressure to the frog a cause of navicularthritis ? 143 



predisposition 144 



exciting causes 148 



symptoms of navicularthritis 151 



lameness first strikes attention ibid. 



the gait of the lame horse 153 



the foot should be looked to 154 



does the horse point the lame foot ? ... 155 



heat of foot 156 



relapse 157 



permanent lameness 159 



Grogginess, or groggy lameness 162 



Pathology of navicularthritis 167 



morbid appearances 169 



defective secretion of synovia 171 



ulceration of the cartilage 172 



adhesion 173 



termination 174 



collateral disease 1 75 



Treatment of navicularthritis ibid, 



the mild, soothing, or negative kind 177 



— blood-letting 178 



